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Quanata
Quanata
201 – 500 Employees
ConsultingHealthcareMarketing
Quanata is an insurtech company developing AI-assisted modeling, real-time telematics, and context-based insurance technology for insurers. Its cloud-native platform combines behavioral and contextual risk analysis with digital customer experiences, telematics-driven rewards, and tools designed to support underwriting, marketing, and claims modernization. Backed by State Farm and powered by Silicon Valley technology talent, Quanata serves established insurers and innovative insurance companies from its base in San Francisco.
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Senior Back-End SDET

Lead backend test automation for Quanata’s digital insurance platform, validating APIs, microservices, cloud services, and distributed workflows.

USUnited States
$198,000 – $281,000 / year
RemoteFull-timeSeniorEnglish RequiredBackend EngineerSoftware Engineer
CloudMicroservices

Description

  • Build and maintain shared automation frameworks, internal services, and QA tools for engineering teams.
  • Set test strategy and execute testing for backend APIs, microservices, and end-to-end business workflows.
  • Plan coverage across component, contract, integration, and system testing.
  • Create and extend code-based automation frameworks with reusable setup and cleanup, data-driven scenarios, isolated dependencies, and clear failure reporting.
  • Check business rules, API contracts, data persistence, authorization, error handling, and service compatibility.
  • Test asynchronous processing and distributed-system failures, including retries, duplicate events, partial failures, and delayed consistency.
  • Add automated checks to continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
  • Test cloud-hosted services and deployment configurations, investigating failures with logs, telemetry, and infrastructure evidence.
  • Evaluate performance and resilience risks and design focused tests.
  • Work with engineers to resolve identified weaknesses.
  • Review requirements and architecture, then communicate quality risks.
  • Mentor engineers and independently lead complex testing work.
  • Carry out other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Typically 6–8 years in software testing or engineering, including at least 3 years focused on backend APIs and service-based architectures.
  • Practical experience building test automation frameworks and connecting them to automated delivery pipelines.
  • Strong command of a general-purpose programming language.
  • In-depth knowledge of API testing, microservice interactions, service contracts, and distributed application behavior.
  • Advanced automation design expertise, covering test lifecycle management, parameterized execution, mocking, shared utilities, and parallel execution.
  • Experience testing and troubleshooting public-cloud applications, including identity and permissions, networking, compute, storage, and messaging dependencies.
  • Experience with CI/CD, source control, automated quality checks, and environment configuration.
  • Strong database query skills and the ability to trace data and failures across services.
  • Ability to turn incomplete requirements into useful tests and communicate technical findings clearly.
  • Property and casualty insurance experience is preferred.
  • Experience testing event-driven architectures and complex third-party integrations.
  • Experience in performance, resilience, and service-level security testing.
  • A record of improving automation reliability, execution time, or defect detection.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and supplemental income plans for employees and dependents.
  • Headspace app subscription.
  • Monthly wellness allowance.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • One-time $2,000 contribution toward home office equipment and furniture.
  • Company-provided MacBook Pro.
  • Four weeks of PTO during the first year.
  • Twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents.
  • Up to $5,000 per year for professional learning, continuing education, and career development.
  • LinkedIn Learning subscriptions.
  • Coaching opportunities through BetterUp.
  • Remote-first work arrangement.
  • No occasional travel is required.
  • Employees in the San Francisco Bay Area or Providence, Rhode Island can commute to local offices if they choose.

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